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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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